Academic articles analysing our impact

Below, we have gathered academic articles related to our Safe Delivery + programme, including our Safe Delivery App.

Articles from 2023

• Fernandez del Rio, A., Guitart, A., Perianez, A., Bellhouse, L., (2023) Midwifery learning and forecasting: Predicting content demand with user-generated logs. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Volume 138, April 2023, 102511

• Hellerung Christiansen, A., Lund Sørensen, B., Boas, I., Bedesa, T., Fekede, W., Svarre Nielsen, H., Lund, S. (2023)

  The impact of the Safe Delivery Application on knowledge and skills managing postpartum haemorrhage in a low resource setting: a cluster randomized controlled trial in West Wollega region, Ethiopia. Reproductive Health volume 20, Article number: 91 (2023).

Articles from 2022

• Singh Sodha T, Grønbæk A, Bhandari A, et al. (2022) mHealth learning tool for skilled birth attendants: Scaling the Safe Delivery App in India. BMJ Open Quality 2022;11:e001928. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001928
• Sarin, Enisha^,; Dastidar, Sourav Ghosh; Bisht, Nitin; Bajpayee, Devina; Patel, Rachana; Sodha, Tarun Singh; Bhandari, Aditya; Mohanty, Jaya Swarup; Dey, Surajit; Chandra, Subodh; Agrawal, Ritu; Saboth, Prasant; Kumar, Harish. (2022). Safe Delivery application with facilitation increases knowledge and confidence of obstetric and neonatal care among frontline health workers in India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care: June 2022 – Volume 11 – Issue 6 – p 2695-2708 doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1531_21
• Mahboubi, M., Grønbæk, A., Fernandes, A., Fibæk, C., & Dabove, P. (2022). Geospatial Analysis of Safe Delivery App Events Based on Geographically Weighted Regression Tool. AGILE: GIScience Series, 3, 1-6. 
• Nishimwe, A., Conco, D.N., Nyssen, M. et al. A mixed-method study exploring experiences, perceptions, and acceptability of using a safe delivery mHealth application in two district hospitals in Rwanda. BMC Nurs 21, 176 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00951-w
• Nishimwe, A., Conco, D. N., Nyssen, M., & Ibisomi, L. (2022). Context specific realities and experiences of nurses and midwives in basic emergency obstetric and newborn care services in two district hospitals in Rwanda: a qualitative study. BMC nursing, 21(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00793-y
• Nishimwe, A., Ibisomi, L., Nyssen, M. et al. The effect of a decision-support mHealth application on maternal and neonatal outcomes in two district hospitals in Rwanda: pre – post intervention study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 22, 52 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04393-9
• Oladeji, O., Tessema, M., & Oladeji, B. (2022) Strengthening quality of maternal and newborn care using catchment based clinical mentorship and safe delivery app: A case study from Somali region of Ethiopia. International Journal of Midwifery and Nursing Practice; 5(1): 13-18 

Articles from 2021

• Nishimwe, A., Ibisomi, L., Nyssen, M., & Conco, D. N. (2021). The effect of an mLearning application on nurses’ and midwives’ knowledge and skills for the management of postpartum hemorrhage and neonatal resuscitation: pre-post intervention study. Human resources for health, 19(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00559-2 
• Nishimwe, A., Nyssen, M., Ibisomi, L., & Nozizwe Conco, D. (2021). Clinical decision making in basic emergency obstetric and newborn care among nurses and midwives: the role of the safe delivery mhealth application_pre-post-intervention study (research protocol). Informatics for Health and Social Care, 46(2), 126-135. DOI: 10.1080/17538157.2020.1869007 

Articles from 2020

• Parellada, C. B., Boas, I. M., Nielsen, H. S., & Lund, S. (2020). User patterns of the Safe Delivery App; explorations from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia. Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, 14(1). 

Articles from 2019

• Klokkenga, C. M. B., Enemark, U., Adanu, R., Lund, S., Sørensen, B. L., & Attermann, J. (2019). The effect of smartphone training of Ghanaian midwives by the Safe Delivery application on the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Cogent Medicine, 6(1), 1632016. 
• Thomsen, C. F., Barrie, A., Boas, I. M., Lund, S., Sørensen, B. L., Oljira, F. G., & Tersbøl, B. P. (2019). Health workers’ experiences with the Safe Delivery App in West Wollega Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative study. Reproductive health, 16(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0725-6 
• Usmani, S., Chhugani, M., & Khan, M. (2019). A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Safe Delivery Application for Pre-Service Nursing Students in a Selected College of Nursing of New Delhi. International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research (E-ISSN: 2455-9318), 6(4), 22-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.9318.201928 

Articles from 2018

• Bolan, N. E., Sthreshley, L., Ngoy, B., Ledy, F., Ntayingi, M., Makasy, D., Mbuyi, M. C., Lowa, G., Nemeth, L., & Newman, S. (2018). mLearning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility and Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial Using the Safe Delivery App. Global health, science and practice, 6(4), 693–710. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00275 
• Bolan, N. E., Newman, S. D., & Nemeth, L. S. (2018). Technology-based newborn health learning initiatives for facility-based nurses and midwives in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Int J Childbirth, 8(4), 252-268. 

Articles from 2016

• Lund, S., Boas, I. M., Bedesa, T., Fekede, W., Nielsen, H. S., & Sørensen, B. L. (2016). Association Between the Safe Delivery App and Quality of Care and Perinatal Survival in Ethiopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA pediatrics, 170(8), 765–771.